​"Works at Home" ​Art Series

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​The Washington Park Association is proud to present group art exhibits as part of the WPA Arts Program. To promote the arts in our community. This series showcases our best emerging local art talent right at home. ​The home of an artist, a Heights resident (inside or out of the arts district official boundaries) or both.A suggested $20 donation at "Works at Home" will us support the arts in our neighbor.

Among the featured artists for this March 11 show we note abstract artist JeanKarlos Cruz who in 2015 exhibited his work at The Cooper Union in NYC. We are also featuring artwork by Raisa Nosova who had her first solo show in Paris in 2015 and was featured in the most recent December issue of “Fresh Paint Magazine”. Other artists of local prominence include Leandro Comrie, Victor Chitay, Walter John and Ivette Urbaez; all of whom will show their most recent art at this event.A $20 donation is suggested to support WPA sponsorship of this and other events.

We were excited to meet Jenny Brover, a Heights photographer, at the March event where she offered to open her studio on Odgen Avenue and help curate a show we are calling "Wide Angle" . It's on June 17th. We hope you can make it.

Momentum Presents Image Gallery

Upcoming Event Below - Come to check it out on June 17th !

Shirl Parcon a local Jersey Heights resident is a WSET Level 2 Wine and Spirits Certified wine consultant who works for several importers in the New York and New Jersey areas. The best thing she enjoys about her job is to help customers in restaurants, bars, stores and acquaintances understand wine in an unpretentious way. Some of the favorite wines she sells are Cana’s Feast Bricco Red (Oregon), Petit Likandre AOC Bordeaux (Cote Du Marmandai France) and Linton Parks’ Rhino Cabernet Sauvignon (South Africa) and a couple JC Heights favorites are the Val D’Oca Prosecco Blue (Veneto Italy) and Tora Bay Sauvignon Blanc (Martinborough NZ). She hopes to meet you during her travels in the area…